Hamsanandi (pronounced hamsÃÂnandi) is a rÃÂgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is a hexatonic scale (shadava rÃÂgam, which means "of 6"). It is a derived scale (janya rÃÂgam), as it does not have all the seven swaras (musical notes). Hamsanandi is a janya rÃÂgam of Gamanashrama, the 53rd Melakarta rÃÂgam. It has only the invariant panchamam missing from its parent scale, Gamanashrama, like Shree ranjani.
Sohni raga in Hindustani classical music that belongs to the Marwa thaat resembles Hamsanandi.
Hamsanandi is a symmetric scale that does not contain panchamam. It is called a shadava-shadava rÃÂgam, in Carnatic music classification (as it has 6 notes in both ascending and descending scales). Its ÃÂrohaá¹Âa-avarohaá¹Âa structure is as follows (see swaras in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms):
This scale uses the notes shadjam, shuddha rishabham, antara gandharam, prati madhyamam, chathusruthi dhaivatham and kakali nishadam.
Hamsanandi is an evening rÃÂgam. It has ample scope for alapana and swara prasthara (phrases of notes). This scale has been used by many composers for compositions in classical music. It has been used to score film music too. Here are some popular compositions in Hamsanandi.
Songs composed in Sohni(Hindustani) are listed below which sound similar to Hamsanandi(Carnatic)
This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rÃÂgam.
Grihabhedam
The raga, through Graha bhedam, yields Anandanatani, through shift by niá¹£ÃÂda. This is utilised in the Carnatic tillana by Bhagavatëà Âvara.